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Index [Italic page numbers indicate major references] Abajo Mountains, 314 andesite, 70, 82, 86, 267, 295, 297, terranes, 36, 644 Abert Lake-Goose Lake area, 343 299, 303, 305, 308, 310, 343, volcanic. See volcanic arcs Abert Rim area, 303, 377 345, 350, 371, 375, 483, 527, volcanism, 74, 81, 89, 299, 300, Absaroka Range, 290, 354 543, 644, 654 320, 385, 482, 491, 642 Absaroka system, 592 Aneth Formation, 45 waning, 643 Absaroka thrust, 172, 219, 594, 599, Angora Peak member, 316 See also specific arcs 601 Angustidontus, 34 Archean, 629, 632, 651, 652 Absaroka volcanic field, 218, 297, Anita Formation, 275 arches, 15, 46 300, 486, 491 anorthosite, 412, 633 archipelago, volcanic, 453 accretion, 36, 111, 127, 128, 131, Antelope Mountain Quartzite, 38, 40, arenite, 142 141, 168, 242, 252, 254, 262, 420 argillite, 11, 16, 31, 34, 38, 41, 62, 265, 273, 450, 468, 534, 545, Antelope Range Formation, 28 70, 81, 85, 87, 89, 111, 128, 555, 636, 646, 664, 677, 693 Antelope Valley Limestone, 22, 23, 24 130, 133, 136, 138, 141, 160, accretionary prism, 37, 127, 141, 241, anticlines, 213, 319, 340 162, 164, 281, 434, 543, 547, 281, 422, 423, 432, 436, 468, antimony, 643, 644 635, 658, 663, 671, 676 471, 621, 654, 676 Antler allochthon, 422, 431 Argus Range, 365, 600 actinolite, 528, 637 Antler assemblage, 419, 422, 450 Arikaree Formation, 286 Adams Mine, 632 Antler foredeep basin, 35, 61, 62, 74, Arizona, 140, 597 Adaville Formation, 219 94, 96, 420, 425, 430, 471 south-central, 323 Adel Mountain volcanic field, 218, Antler foreland basin, 28, 42, 75, 78, southeastern, 217,231 229 547 southern corridor, 293 Adobe Range, 34, 223, 599 Antler highlands, 35, 62, 75, 78, 85, southern, 144,155, 239, 614 Afro-Arabian rift system, 20 97, 426, 471, 547 southwestern, 154, 600 agglomerates, 161 Antler orogenic belt, 21, 74, 81, 111, western, 233 Ago-Globe alignment, 639 125, 128, 130, 131, 175, 422, arkose, 175, 284 Alaska Cordillera, 57 502, 664, 665 Arlington Formation, 84, 86 Alberta foothills, 590 Antler orogeny, 11, 15, 26, 28,34, Artille scagliose, 185 Alberta Shelf region, 85 46, 57, 61, 66, 71, 74, 92, 108, Arvison Formation, 143 Alberta syncline, 590 422, 471, 544, 548, 634, 645, ash, 347, 375 Albion Mountains, 167, 222, 291, 655 ash-flow fields, 309 451 Antler Peak, 76, 82, 97 ash-flow sheets, 292, 296, 306, 353, albite, 236 Antler thrust belt, 71, 113, 134, 139, 372, 377, 381, 481, 487 Aldrich Mountains Group, 135, 141 142, 663 ash flows, 139, 286, 294, 300, 306, Aldwell Formation, 267 Antler-Sonoma thrust belt, 168 308, 343, 349, 353, 360, 362, Alegria Formation, 276 Anza Formation, 341 364, 371, 375, 379, 386, 495 Alexander terrane, 111 Apache Group, 16, 413 Ashdown tuff, 303 Alisitos Group, 198 Apache Pass fault, 614 assemblages, 539, 540, 543, 544, Alligator Ridge gold deposit, 635 Apache Supergroup, 410 546, 547, 548 allochthons, 15, 28,34, 35, 36, 591 apatite, 594 allochthonous, 36 alluvial plain, 173 Apennines, 423 igneous, 655 alluvium, 233, 623 Apishapa uplift, 77 sedimentary, 539 Almeda deposit, Oregon, 637 aplite, 239 asthenosphere, 500, 575 Alsea Formation, 270, 300 Aqua Caliente fault, 621 Astoria embayment, 314, 316 Alta district, 642 Aqua-Pah Hills fault, 623 Astoria Formation, 316, 317 Alta Formation, 343 Arapahoe Formation, 215 Atlanta lobe, 178, 179, 180 Altiplano-Puna Plateau, 223, 602 Arapier Formation, 155 Atlantic City, Wyoming, 629 Amargosa chaos, 364 arcs aulacogen, 412, 585 Amargosa Desert, 362 continental. See continental arcs aurora deposit, 643 Amargosa detachment system, 364 continental-margin. See Axelgold Intrusion, 692 Amboy Crater, 375 continental-margin arcs Aztec dune field, 167 American River area, 137, 143, 158 island. See island arcs Aztec Formation, 140, 144 American River sequence, 152 late Cenozoic, 342 Ammenberg deposit, Sweden, 633 Late Jurassic development, 437 Babomari fault, 614 amphibole, 38, 198 late Miocene, 343 Baboquivari Mountains, 145 amphibolite, 40, 191, 232, 420, 431, late Tertiary, 643 Baca basin, 216, 286 443, 446, 518, 522, 525, 530, magmatic. See magmatic arcs Baca Formation, 217 662, 668, 675 mid-Miocene, 343 Bachelor caldera, 497, 498 andalusite, 180 Quaternary, 643 back-arc regions, 441,448,459 Andean chain, 461 sequence, 38 Bagdad district, Arizona, 632 Andean volcanic arc, 180 southern, 164 Bagley andesite, 151 Andes, 205, 223 submarine, 671 Baird Formation, 75, 76, 80, 84, 94 6 99 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/990138/9780813754550_backmatter.pdf by guest on 24 September 2021 700 Index Baja California, 198, 243, 249, 278, western, 555 frontal thrust, 225, 228 283, 346, 428, 437, 470, 530, basins Jurassic, 524, 525,527 549, 615, 690, 693 back-arc, 92, 108, 111, 149, 166, magmatic, 343 Baja-Borderland allochthon, 278, 283, 221, 223 , 432, 440, 450, 634, metamorphic, 221, 222, 524 469, 4 70 635, 655, 659, 664 Paleozoic, 524 Baker terrane, 129, 130, 132, 135, central California, 322 subduction-related, 176 141, 149, 158, 448, 519, 658 evolution, 173 thrust, 583, 589 Bakersfield arch, 247 extensional, 65, 218 Triassic, 524 Bakersfield area, California, 327 faulted (southern California), 276 See also specific belts Balaklala Rhyolite, 40, 43, 70 fore-arc, 135, 176, 189, 207, 241, Benioff zone, 503, 576 Balaklala unit, 426 247, 250, 254, 265, 268, 320, Benton Range, 129, 153 Bald Mountain batholith, 158 444, 539, 545, 665 Benton Spring-Pilot Mountains fault, Bald Mountain pendant, 35 foreland, 167, 169, 170, 172, 540, 623 Baldy terrane, 282 547 bentonite, 154, 334 Ballarat-Bendigo gold deposit, interarc, 440, 654, 665 Bering Sea, 654 Australia, 635 intermontane, 223, 573 Berkeley Hills, 350 Ballena Gravel, 278 intra-arc, 138 Berry Formation, 274, 322 Banbury Basalt, 379 intracontinental, 540 beryllium deposits, 509 Bandelier Tuff, 372 Late Cretaceous, 327 Betties Well fault, 623 Banner Formation, 75 late Cenozoic, 322 Big Bend fault, 527 Banning fault system, 620 mid-Miocene, 361 Big Cottonwood Formation, 414 Bannock Range, 594 offshore, 93 Big Maria Mountains, 234, 600, barite, 29, 31, 35, 42, 45, 293, 634, piggy-back, 444 603 635, 646 pull-apart, 253, 267, 321, 330, 335, Big Mike pyrite body, 635 Barrett Ridge, 196 364, 384, 428, 460, 618, 621 Big Pine Creek pendant, 11 Barstow basin, 345 rhomboid, 322 Big Pine fault, 243, 275, 276, 332, Barstow-Bristol trough, 292 rift-v alley, 19 619, 620 Barstow Formation, 361 sedimentary, 81, 360 Big Southern Butte, 381 Bartlett Springs fault, 619 shelf, 22 Bighorn Basin, 211, 214, 354, 357, basalts, 3, 75, 82, 90, 111, 137, 152, southern California, 327 588 183, 192, 245, 267, 276, 278, transform-related, 539 Bighorn Dolostone, 25 281, 295, 297, 300, 316, 317, See also specific basins Bighorn Mountains, 521, 584 325, 343, 345, 349, 354, 360, Bastendorff Formation, 270 Bighorn uplift, 214 363, 368, 371, 372, 375, 377, Bateman Formation, 268 Bingham, Utah, 508, 635, 636, 652 381, 383, 446, 455, 468, 489, Bates Mountain Tuff, 306 Bingham porphyry-copper deposit, 491, 500, 524, 527, 543, 613, batholiths, Mesozoic, 483 301, 642, 645 654, 676 Bathonian fault system, 153 Bingham mining district, 300, 306 alkalic, 32, 33, 66 Bathtub Formation, 165 biotas, 19 flows, 37, 76, 413, 509 Battle Mountain, 65, 97, 366 biotite, 140, 235, 239, 443, 495 mid-ocean ridge, 494 Bear Mountains belt, 662, 663, 668 Bird Spring Formation, 144 oceanic, 262, 267, 278 Bear Mountains fault, 152, 158, 439, Bird Spring Group, 81 pillow, 16, 37, 164, 185, 187, 189, 527, 614, 668 Bisbee, Arizona, 638 242, 246, 278 Bear River Range, 594 Bisbee basin, 156, 164,175, 549 submarine, 265 Bear thrust, 593 Bisbee Group, 164, 165, 175, 234, tholeiitic, 16, 502, 635, 637 Bearpaw Mountains, 297, 298 454, 460 basanite, 371, 372, 375, 383 Beartooth block, 213 Bishop Creek pendant, 11 Baseline Formation, 283 Beartooth complex, 521 Bishop deposits, California, 637 basement, crystalline, 61, 170, 173, Beartooth Mountains, 521 Bishop Tuff, 375, 487, 497 179, 193, 196, 213, 219, 228, Beartooth uplift, 214 Bitter Ridge fault, 624 230, 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